Hat-trick for Kenyan runner
2004-11-14 10:01
Richmond, Virginia - Kenya's Elly Rono won the Richmond Marathon for the third straight year, finishing in 2 hours, 17 minutes, 55 seconds on Sunday.
Tammy Slusser of the United States took the women's race in 2:54:40.
Rono's victory came six days after he finished 25th in the New York City Marathon. Fighting wind gusts of 24km/h, Rono
was unable to match his course-record time of 2:15.36 set last
year.
Kenya's Paul Bor was second in 2:19:13.
- AP